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State, rep. by the Solicitor, Govt. of Bangladesh Vs. Giasuddin and others, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....t on the subordinate judiciary in disposing of criminal justice in Bangladesh. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 103. ......s sufficient direct evidence to prove an offence, motive is immaterial and has no vital importance. The Court will see if sufficient direct evidence is there or not. If not, motive may be a matter for consideration, especially when the case is based on circumstantial evidence……(22)......t on the subordinate judiciary in disposing of criminal justice in Bangladesh. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 103. ......s round a dispute over the purchase of a house and Bichra and that the second motive (not object) of the prosecution is the dispute around the second marriage of Ahad, brother of PW 1. The learned Judges of the High Court Division did not even care to look into the charge which says— &ldqu..Category: Criminal Law | Date: | Hits: 80
Elias(Md) Vs. Jesmin Sultana, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....the mind of the Subordinate Courts and the people at large. With these observations, the petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 99. ......ip;………(5) Lawyers Involved: MG Bhuiyan, Advocate-on-Record — For the Petitioner. Not represented — The Respondent. Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No. 1165 of 1998. (From the judgment and order dated November 26, 1996 ......the mind of the Subordinate Courts and the people at large. With these observations, the petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 99. ......mission under section 6 of the aforesaid Ordinance to take a second wife alleging that the present wife, namely, the plaintiff was sick and incapable of performing conjugal relationship. The learned Judges observed that section 6 of the Ordinance prohibits contracting of a second marriage during ..Category: Family Law | Date: | Hits: 158
Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha Vs. Azir Uddin Chowdhury, 1998, 27 CLC (AD)
....t all relevant considerations in such a matter. Consequently, the appeal is allowed without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 96, 18 BLD (AD) 144.......ing temporary injunction in a matter covered under Article 34 of the BSRS Order which is a special enactment and it will prevail over general law……. Article 34 of the BSRS Order being special law for the special purpose, no relief under the ordinary law in the form of temporary injunction is ava......t all relevant considerations in such a matter. Consequently, the appeal is allowed without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 96, 18 BLD (AD) 144....... is allowed. The Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha Order, 1971 (President's Order No. 128 of 1972) Articles 33, 34 & 35 It is palpably clear that the learned trial Judge as well as the learned Judges of the High Court Division acted illegally and without jurisdiction in granting temporary inj..Category: Business or Commercial Law | Date: | Hits: 124
GM, Jamuna Oil Company Ltd. Vs. Chairman, Labour Court, Chittagong Div. & ors, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....e 4 of the Rules. For the reasons stated above both the appeals are dismissed without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 91. ......hour fixed by settlement is the normal working hour and any extra hour of work beyond the settled and stipulated working hour will be overtime work and the manner of calculating overtime allowance for overtime work will be governed by section 9 of the Shops and Establishment Act, 1965 read with ......e 4 of the Rules. For the reasons stated above both the appeals are dismissed without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 91. ......om the date of filing of these two cases. This judgment of the Labour Court was challenged before the High Court Division by the appellant- company by the aforesaid two writ petitions. The learned Judges of the High Court Division by a common judgment affirmed the judgment of the Labour Court w..Category: Labour and Industrial Law | Date: | Hits: 134
Jahir Gazi and others Vs. Belal Hossain, Advocate and others, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....hich they are suffering now. We do not find any ground for interference. The petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 87. ...... November 22, 1998. The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898), Section 526 The High Court Division can suo motu transfer a sessions case. The informant merely informed the High Court Division with his application the state of circumstance con......hich they are suffering now. We do not find any ground for interference. The petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 87. ......sections 370/324/326/379/323/109, etc of the Penal Code on the allegations, inter alia, that the informant Mahbub Shukur and his elder brother Belal Hossain, a practicing Advocate of Dhaka District Judges’ Court and both residents of Dhaka were returning to Dhaka from their village home Ba..Category: Criminal Law | Date: | Hits: 63
Brahmanbaria Pourashava Vs. Secretary, Ministry of Land Reforms, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....lared to have been made without lawful authority. This appeal is allowed accordingly without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 84; 1999 BLD (AD) 87. ......Afzal CJ Mustafa Kamal J Latifur Rahman J Md. Abdur Rouf J Bimalendu Bikash Roy Choudhury J Brahmanbaria Pourashava………………. Appellant Vs. Secretary, Ministry of Land Reforms, Government of Bangladesh and others……Respondents Judgment October 26, 1997. Res......lared to have been made without lawful authority. This appeal is allowed accordingly without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 84; 1999 BLD (AD) 87. ......ers but there were no records to show that the displaced shopkeepers were rehabilitated thereby. 6. Respondent No. 3 had also filed an affidavit-in-opposition in the same vein. 7. The learned Judges of the High Court Division discharged the Rule holding, inter alia, that the requisition and ..Category: Property Law | Date: | Hits: 63
Bina Rani and another Vs. Shantosh Chandra Dey, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
...., the impugned judgment and decree of the High Court Division are set aside and those of the trial Court are restored. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 81. ...... of benami transaction the court should take into consideration (i) the source of consideration money (ii) nature and possession of the property after the alleged transaction (iii) motive, if any, for making benami (iv) relationship of the benamdar with the real owner (v) custody of the title de......, the impugned judgment and decree of the High Court Division are set aside and those of the trial Court are restored. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 81. ......laintiff could not prove his intention and motive to make the alleged benami transaction in favour of his minor son defendant No. 1 and that the said plea of benami was an afterthought. The learned Judges, however, dismissed the appeal in respect of schedule 2 land although defendant No. 1 claime..Category: Property Law | Date: | Hits: 75
Chairman, Board of Investment and others Vs. Bay Trawling Limited and others, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
.... interfere with the Judgment and order of the High Court Division. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 79. ......ossain, Advocate-on-Record — For the Petitioner. Rafique-ul-Haque, Senior Advocate, instructed by Md. Wahidullah, Advocate-on-Record— For the Respondent. Civil Petition for leave to appeal No. 652 of 1996. (From the Judgment and order dated 3-7-96 passed by t...... interfere with the Judgment and order of the High Court Division. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 79. ......ers submits that there being no promise made by the Government to issue license in favour of respondent No.1 the plea of promissory estoppel can not be raised against the Government and the learned Judges of the High Court Division erred in law in relying on the principle of promissory estoppel ..Category: Business or Commercial Law | Date: | Hits: 91
Habibul Islam Bhuiyan President Supreme Court Bar Association, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....ster, at a Press Conference held in the Gana Bhaban on 29 January, 1999 on her return from India. 2. It has been alleged in the application, inter alia, that the said statements clearly amount to contempt of Court of the highest degree because she knew well that such statements will create doubt......bul Islam Bhuiyan President Supreme Court Bar Association……………Petitioner Judgment March 4, 1999. Result: The petition is disposed of. Contempt of Court i) It is entirely for the Chief Justice to decide about the constitution or re-constitution of a Bench of the High Cou......ch have been alleged to be contumacious. For the reasons, however, the application is disposed of with the observations as above. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 68. ......said statements clearly amount to contempt of Court of the highest degree because she knew well that such statements will create doubt in the public mind about the integrity and wisdom of the learned Judges of the Supreme Court and of the Hon’ble Chief Justice of Bangladesh and yet she made such f..Category: Others | Date: | Hits: 99
Abdul Hafez Howlader alias Habibur Rahman and others Vs. State, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....hem pending disposal of the Government appeal in the High Court Division. The appeal is, accordingly, allowed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 67. ......olved: Khondker Mahbub Hossain, senior advocate instructed by Shamsul Hoque Siddique, Advocate- on-Record – For the appellants. Mvi. Md. Wahidullah, Advocate-on-Record– for the respondent. Appeal No. 7 of 1995. Judgment ......hem pending disposal of the Government appeal in the High Court Division. The appeal is, accordingly, allowed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 67. ......sposed of within that time. Unfortunately, that was not to be, and the appellants made a prayer in the High Court Division either for extension of bail or for granting them fresh bail. The learned Judges, however, did neither and by the impugned order dated 30 May, 1995 observed that when the Ap..Category: Criminal Law | Date: | Hits: 57
Bangladesh Vs. Abul Hossain and others, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....he High Court Division in Writ Petition Nos. 41, 59, 84 and 86 of 1989 be set aside without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 25. ......gency Requisition of Property Act, 1948 (XIII of 1948), Section 5(1A) (3), 114 (e) Under section l14 (e) of the Evidence Act one has to presume that the official acts have been regularly performed. The writ petitioners stepped into the shoes of their predecessors-in-interests, who had bee......he High Court Division in Writ Petition Nos. 41, 59, 84 and 86 of 1989 be set aside without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 25. ......led on behalf of the respondents. But we have considered the pros and cons of the case. 10. It appears that there was a glaring suppression of fact by the writ petitions before the learned Judges of the High Court Division who were led to believe that after the initial order of requisiti..Category: Property Law | Date: | Hits: 50
Abdur Rouf and others Vs. Jalaluddin and another, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....rected by the learned Judges of the High Court Division suffers from no illegality. The petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 22. ......minal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898) Section 169 Investigating Officer is not competent to weigh the evidence and judge the credibility of the witnesses. The plea of alibi can be taken before the trial court as defence and the court may consider it if proved. The investigating police o......rected by the learned Judges of the High Court Division suffers from no illegality. The petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 22. ......picion to justify the forwarding of the accused to the Magistrate and, as such, the final report given on the basis of the materials on record ought not to have been interfered with by the learned Judges of the High Court Division, thereby directing a judicial inquiry. 5. From the impug..Category: Criminal Law | Date: | Hits: 66
Bangladesh Vs. Anwar Ahmed and others, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....ugned judgment and order of the High Court Division are set aside. Writ Petition No. 204 of 1989 is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 42. ......on was not maintainable………………….(17) The ex parte decree obtained by the writ petitioner is a declaratory decree simpliciter without any prayer for recovery of possession, when, admittedly, the writ petitioner was not in possession thereof. Su......ugned judgment and order of the High Court Division are set aside. Writ Petition No. 204 of 1989 is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 42. ......r production of the title deed in respect of his claim of title to the disputed property (Annexure F) and the list of the papers submitted to the said Ministry Annexure Fl. 6. The learned Judges of the High Court Division by the impugned judgment and order held: (i) In view..Category: Property Law | Date: | Hits: 48
Habibur Rahman (Md.) Vs. Government of Bangladesh and ors., 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
.... 9. No point of law of public importance is involved in this petition. The petition is, therefore, dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 39. ...... Lawyers Involved Abdul Wahab, Advocate, instructed by Md. Aftab Hossain, Advocate-on-Record — For the Petitioner. Not represented -Respondents Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No. 1042 of 1997. (From the Judgment and order dated 30th April, 1997 p...... 9. No point of law of public importance is involved in this petition. The petition is, therefore, dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 39. ......ng, inter alia, that the petitioner is a mere licensee and not a monthly tenant in respect of the disputed stalls and, as such, the impugned orders have been issued lawfully. 5. The learned Judges of the High Court Division discharged the Rule holding, inter alia, that the petitioner was..Category: Constitutional Law | Date: | Hits: 158
Calmare Navigation Co. Ltd. Vs. Mohammad Nurul Hoque and another, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....nt March 3, 1998. The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908) Order XXI, rule 26 Execution of a decree can not be stayed after disposal of the appeal on the plea of pending contempt proceedings connected with the parties and the property in dispute………......te-on-Record — For the Petitioner. Sharifuddin Chaklader, Advocate-on-Record — For the Respondent No. 2. Not represented—Respondent No. 1. Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No. 174 of 1998. (From the judgment and order dated January 22, 1998 pa......and the submission of the learned Advocate is devoid of any reason. The petition is, accordingly, dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 35. ......and the submission of the learned Advocate is devoid of any reason. The petition is, accordingly, dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 35. ..Category: Others | Date: | Hits: 74
Abdur Rahman and others Vs. State, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....and sentence passed against the appellants are not sustainable in law. Consequently, the appeal is allowed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 33. ...... Special Tribunal, Dhaka under section 376 of the Penal Code read with section 4(c) of the Cruelty to Women (Deterrent Punishment) Ordinance, 1983 and sentenced thereunder to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and a fine of Taka 5,000.00 each, in default, to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a fu......and sentence passed against the appellants are not sustainable in law. Consequently, the appeal is allowed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 33. ......rous imprisonment for one year each. The appellants having already undergone the sentence were directed to be set at liberty forthwith. 8. Leave was granted to consider whether the learned Judges of the High Court Division acted wrongly and without jurisdiction in convicting the appellan..Category: Criminal Law | Date: | Hits: 76
Governing Body of Kapilmuni College Vs. Sheikh Roushan Ali & Others, 1997, 26 CLC (AD)
....same by the impugned order. In the facts and circumstances of the case we find little merit in his leave petition. It is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 31......., Jessore) Terms and Conditions of Service Regulations, 1979, Regulation 12 Any post facto approval of an order of dismissal by the Board, is not contemplated but such approval should be secured before passing of the order of dismissal……..(8) The General Clauses Act, 1897 (X of 1897) Secti......same by the impugned order. In the facts and circumstances of the case we find little merit in his leave petition. It is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 31.......College, addressed to the writ petitioner’s Advocate, contained in Anx. ‘F to the writ petition, illegal, has been made without any lawful authority and are of no legal effect. 4. The learned Judges further directed the present petitioner to reinstate the writ petitioner in the service of th..Category: Employment/Service Law | Date: | Hits: 79
Abdul Haque (Md) Deputy Commissioner Vs. District Judgeship, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
.... February 11, 1998. The Contempt of Court Act, 1926 (XII of 1926), Section 2 Imputing improper motives to the Judicial Officers and discourteous comments about them amounts to contempt of court. In view of tendering of an unconditional apology and throwing himself to the mer......onourable court and considering his inexperience as a young Deputy Commissioner sentence of imprisonment and fine imposed on the contemner by the High Court Division was set aside by censuring him for his objectionable remarks against the judicial officers of Kurigram and warned to be careful in...... censured for his objectionable remarks against the judicial officers of Kurigram and warned to be careful is future. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD)(1999) 15. ......malendu Bikash Roy Choudhury J Abdul Haque (Md) Deputy Commissioner………………………….Petitioner Vs. District Judgeship……….……………….. Respondent ..Category: Criminal Law | Date: | Hits: 70
Abul Bashar and another Vs. Hasanuddin Ahmed and ors., 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
.... proceedings. The impugned judgment does not warrant any interference. All the 3 leave petitions are dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD)(1999) 14. ......espondents Judgment January 15, 1998. The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. (V of 1898), Sections 145 & 561A In a civil suit pending between the parties an order for maintaining status quo has been passed prior to proceeding under section 145 between the same p...... proceedings. The impugned judgment does not warrant any interference. All the 3 leave petitions are dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD)(1999) 14. ......nd in the civil suit between the same parties the Magistrate acted without jurisdiction in initiating the impugned proceeding under section 145 Cr.P.C. In passing the impugned judgment the learned Judges have relied upon, in our opinion rightly, the principle of law decided in the case of Jobeda..Category: Criminal Law | Date: | Hits: 68
Mostafizur Rahman Vs. BD, represented by Sec., Min. of Home Affairs & anr, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....ds and is, accordingly, allowed. There will be no order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 1. ......ellip;………………..(41) The Special Powers Act, 1974 (XIV of 1974), Section 2(f), 3(1) (a) By talking to BBC that he would start election campaign for his party soon and that he had no regrets or excuses the detenue committed no crime or illegali......ds and is, accordingly, allowed. There will be no order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 1. ......y and the second ground had no reason to influence the detaining authority’s mind at the time the order was passed 24. It is found, therefore, that the two learned Judges held the second ground to be not available to the authority when the order of detenti..Category: Constitutional Law | Date: | Hits: 191